Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Technology Evolves, Artifical Problems Remain

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Management: The product release won't fit on a single $OBSTACLE, we need to adjust the installation process to support spanning it across multiple $OBSTACLE media!Engineering: But it fits on a single $SOLUTION, why don't we use that?Management: Our enterprise customers have standardized on $OBSTACLE media and we cannot deviate from that!Engineering: So we're going to engineer a convoluted solution to work around what amounts to a problem that could be solved by replacing something with a $40 order from Amazon?Management: Yes!